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Jim Beatty Runs Another Sub-4-Minute Mile: 3:36.3 2 III liiiiler Bai Helsinki, Finland Jini Boatty, the Los Angeles flyer, ran the mile in 3 minutes. nH.3 the lastest time tor the distant an American. It maiked the second time in a woek that the North Carolina runner had lowered the mile record tor an Amenean citizen. Last Satunlay in White Stadium in London he clocked 3:50.5 in a race which 5 runners broke the 4-miiuiti- harrii'T. Second in race, as in London, nas strong Jimj (1 11 of Portland, eUK'king 3:53.8.

a i Olavi Salonen' placed 3rd with 3:59 1. IXhspite e.xeellent weatlier and conditions at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium a good teamwork by the Americans, New Zealander Peter World record of 3:54.4 was never real danger. Beatty was too good for the, others and was not paced; enough on the final lap. iiNv- TripleCrown Winner in AL By Associated victory over Boston. Maris The Twins scored 3 un- Rollins singled to get the The way the top sluggers hit a homer for the earned runs off Red Sox Twins started in the bottom in the League are Ameiman League leading Schwab (6-14) in of the 6th and Killebrew hitting, whoever casts the gol- New York who lost i den headpieces for triple to Kansas Otv 7-3 in the onlywrapped it up.

The victory crown winners had better try other game scheduled stroking a run-producing dou- went to Dick Stigman (8-3) making batting helmets. The victory pulled the Twins ble and Ftorl Battey driving i who needed Frank There been a triple to ithin 5 games of the in a pair with a single. The relief help over the final two crown 1 man in Yankees and left the leaders Red Sox battled back, final- innings, homers, runs batted in and 4 games in front of tlie sec- ly moving ahead 4-3 in the Maris tagged his 3-run horn- batting Mick- ond-place top of the 6th on l.u cr in the first inning and that two-run homer. Then Rich was all the Yankees got against Ed Rakow (12-13) and TELEl'HUTO Roger Mans of the Yankees has a few words for first base umpire Nestor Chylak after he was caught off first base and called out when tagged by Kansas City first baseman Norm Siebcrn (7). ey of the New York gels tonight Yankees in 1956, And.

with the most potent swingers averaging one hit every 4 at-bats, there going to be one this season. the way the top 5 slugsers stand: HR RBI Ave. Killebrew. Twins 33 93 .24.5 Norm ash. Tigers 32 66 I.eon Wagner, 29 87 .273 Roc ky olavito.

Tigers 28 87 .276 Roger Maris, Yankees 28 77 ,237 Maris led the homer hammers with 61 last year was the leader in RBI 142. Cash won the batiing crowm with a .361 average. Cash is almost 1.30 points lower this season while slap-hitter Runnels of Boston holds the batting lead with a .333 average. Killebrew took over the lead the homer department ite Killebrew Cash John Wyatt. The scored twice in the 4th before breaking it open with a 4-run 5th inning explosion against Rollie Sheldon (6-8).

Bill Bryan tripled in one run, and scored on a double by Bobby Del Greco before pfd Charles applied the crusher with a homer. Del Greco also homered for the who took the 5-game series 3-2. Big 10, AAWU in Monday with a two-run shot in the 6th inning that powered 3rd-place Minnesota to a 6-4 Sign Rose Pact l.ragiiu New York Los Minnesota Chicairo IM. 74 71 4 71 .56 .5 65 61 .516 10 '2 61 62 13 Baltimore 6 i'leveland .476 Boston 58 67 .464 17 Kansas City a'ihinirlon 78 .371 28'a RF.St Kansas itv 7. York .3 MinnoHota 6 Boston 4 Only fames M'hediiled Tl EsIl.VV ti.YMES 6-9) at HaUiinore (Roberts 7-61, night Cleveland 9-91 at Oetroit (Bun- Btng 12 -H), night.

Washington iStenhouse 10-8) at Minnesota (Krallek 8-81 night. Boston (Wilson 10-5) at Kansas City (Fisrher 4-4), night. New York (Stafford 10-7) at Los Angeles (Belinsky 8 6 night. Play Off Lomlmnli PAGE 13 LINCOLN 1, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, LYYIES ngele New York at Los right. Boston at Kansas City, night.

Washington at night. Cleveland at Detroit. Chleago at Baltimore, night. INalieiial lanigue Pet. GB 82 44 .651 78 47 .624 3 76 .608 .5 '2 71 52 ..577 69 .55 .5.57 12 (n ,.532 1.5 68 .465 2 47 78 .376 45 78 .366 35' 2 30 .242 51 Los Angeles San Franeisco Cineinnati Pittsburgh St.

Louis Milwaukee Philadelphia i hleago Houston New RF.SI LIS Cincinnati 7. Los Angeles 3 (10 innings) Milwaukee San Francisco 4 Pittsburgh 2-6. New York 0-3 (twi- "'phVladelphia 7, Houston 1 (twilighU Houston at Philadelphia (night, ppd, tain) Only scheduled. GAMES Pittsburgh (Gibbon 2-4 or Francis 5-7 and Haddix 8-5) at New York (Craig 719 and Moorhead 0-2), day. Cincinnati (O'Toole 13-131 at Chicago (Cardwell 6-11).

day. Houston (Goiden and Bruee 7-7) lit Phiiadflphia (Hamilton 6-11 and Mahaffey 16-10), twi-night. St. Louis 10-10) at Milwaukee (Shaw 1.5-8), night. Only games scheduled GAMES San Francisco at New Y'ork.

night. Los Angeles at Philadelphia, night. St. Louis at Ylilwaukee. night.

Cineinnati at Chicago. Houston at Pittsburgh, night. Aiiiuricaii Association Pet, (IB 77 .50 .606 67 .59 67 61 10' 2 60 67 .472 17 .58 70 .1.53 l't '2 75 .114 25'2 TndiniiapoUs Omaha Denver Louisville Oklahoma CItv I)allas-Ft. Worth RESILTS Denver 6 Indianapolis 3 Oklahoma (ity 1 laiuisvilie 4 Only games scheduled. TI GAMLs Denver at liidi.inapoUs Louisville at Oklahoma ity Omaha vs.

Dallas-I ort Worth at Dallas. EDNI I.ouisville at Oklahoma City. Denver at iiidiartapolis. Omaha at Dallas-Ft. Worth.

Anxious After 13 1 jOsses Just Ask R. L. Miller; He's Wiuless Sinee April oi '61 Over GB New York (Righty) Miller of the New York Mets still can manage a weak smile and a little joke even though burning inside at his sorry pitching record of 0-10 and 13 losses in a row over the past two years. Pm said Miller Tuesday. only human.

I have a mental barrier. When you go to the ball park ready to pitch you have to be in a mood mad and confident, mad enough, but bard to get confident when been going like I Miller called R. L. in box from his fellow Met pitcher R. G.

Miller) was picked up by the Mets from the wSt. Louis Cardinals in the expansion draft. Despite his record, the 23-year-old Miller has been regarded as a pretty good prospect for the past 3 years. But his statistics are fearful. The last game he won was more than a year ago, Apr.

17, 1961, when he recorded his sole victory of that season. It was for the Cards over the Dodgers in the Los Angeles Coliseum. Then he lost 3 games the Green Bay, Wis. Bay Packer coach Vince Lombardi says not satisfied with the play of Paul Hornung, the National Football League scoring leader the last 3 years and the most valuable player last season. And halfback Hornung says he very pleased with his performance in the 41-14 victory over the St.

Louis Cardinals in an NFL exhibition at Jacksonville, last Saturday night. The triumph was the 3rd pre-season conquest for the defending NFL champions, but after the game, Lombardi said: very sharp in our blocking, and not very satisfied with play, although I know who to blame, Hornung or the offensive line. certainly blame Hornung if the holes open. know more after checking the Hornung said his play was Chicago Big 10 and the Atlantic Association of Western Universities formally certified a new Rose Howl tootball contract Tuesday. The Big 10 has sent a representative to the New day classic in Pasadena every year since 1947, For the last two years, however, the team went by invitation only.

Frank Robinson Robinson Enjoying Best Year The contract with the defunct Pacific Coast Conference expired with the playing of the 1960 game. Big 10 efforts for a new pact with the A.VWU (Southern California, UCL.A. California, Stanford, Washington and Washington Stale) were blocked by a 5-5 lie-killing vote when Ohio State switched its stand and went against it. Last December authorization for contract negotiating was achieved by the Big 10 on a 6-4 majority vote. Swinging it to the affirmative was change in stand.

Mauch Sees New Era for Phillies dels Extended Contract; Should Finish Above Hth that is coming and I am glad to be coming back next Mauch said after the team announced his signing Philadelphia With the ink on his 1963 contract hardly dry and the current season a long way from over, Manager Gene Mauch of the to a 1963 contract Monday. This ended nearly two years 7th-place Philadelphia Phil-1 The club called the con- of maneuvering of forces; lies was looking Tuesday to within the Big 10. next year. think we have a club Cincinnati question, this is my greatest year in Frank Robinson said happily Monday night after hitting his grand slam homer that gave the Cincinnati Reds a lOth-in- ning 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The triumph enabled Cincinnati to break even with the National League leaders in their 4-game series at worst game Pve had many years.

My left leg still Field. The Re(ls are in rest of the way. Now with gives me some trouble games be- scores to set him to i got to get it in shape." Angeles and two in a row. He was: The driving Hornung gained; behind second-place only 11 yards in eight carries i rraneisco. and his string of successive; And, even though all of extra points was broken at 93.1 manager BY ed Halls Di utii Duncan Drum, center on the University of Nebraska football team, suffered a broken arm in an auto accident last week and will miss the 1962 football season.

Drum, a member in 1961 but only for kicking, was listed as the center on the No. 3 unit. He was an all-state center at Fremont High School. Don Leo, Claw Meel Bershing Graitjile Set for Tonight i charged with Monday loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates that pushed his total into double figures and the latest losing streak to 12. Worse yet, his last complete game was on Sept.

3, 1959. Since then, he has failed von Erich will be ftoish 32 straight starts. clawing in Pershing Auditorium tonight and his target will be the Utah giant, Don Leo Jonathan. Jonathan and von Erich will headline Promoter Jack pro grapple. meel in a Texas Death match, no time limit and no fall limit.

And no holds are barred, so the famed von F.rieh nn- Wriglil 2 I fs dog owned by Wright of Lincoln and another owned by her husband. took two titles in a coonhound field trial here. Quick Silver, owned by Mrs. Ed Wright, won first tree laurels in the first final. Her dog.

Southern Breeze, took 1st line in the pot race. Roger Bridger, another Lin- colnite, had his dog, Go Super, take second line in the first final. The results: donbtedly will be aimed at Jonathan more than once. Adding glamor to the card, which commences at 8:30 p.m., will be the semifinal match between Taro Myaki of Japan and Thor Hagen. It will be a 2 of 3 fall, 45- minute limit affair.

In the one fall special event, Crusher Kowalski will take on Roy Collins, the Southern Gentleman. Booked in the curtain-raiser is a one fall, 20-minute limit donnybrook betw'een Myers and Lee Henning. First Final 1 st line and 2 nd tree, Preaeher. owned P. Peterson.

Burr; 2nd line. Go Super, owned by Hoger BridRer, lonroln; tree, (iuiek Silver, owoed by Mrs. Ed Wruiht, Lincoln. Second linol 1st line. Red -Ace.

osvnefl by Hubert Rowe. Tecumseh; 2nd line. Mo. owned by Ward Stansbury. DeWeese; 1st Mo.

Bobby, owned by Hubert Rowe, Te- cuiiiseh; 2nd tree. Blue Label, owned by Alber SmysiT, Yvixa. Pot Rare 1st line. Southern Breeze, owned by Ed VVriRbt, Lincoln. 2nd line.

Top Value, owned by Flessner, Burr; Lst tree, Danny, owned by Walker Hastings; 2nd tree. Boo Boo. owned by Ward Stonsbury, DeWeese Goose Season Opens Oct. I of course, 1 realize I am he continued, who be in my Would it relax him if he won a game? like to win one and find Miller said that while he never really has thought of chucking the whole thing and going into another business, he has been mighty depressed. come home feeling real he said.

wife, Suzan, keeps me going. the morale builder of the family. when Pm in the bullpen and not pitching, the fans get on me real good. I try not to pay too much attention to them because got a lot of other things on my mind. I can do is keep giving it all Pve got and hope the managers keeps using me.

Gosh, I was born 3 blocks from the ball park in St. Louis and the game has been in my blood since Pve been a kid. Pd hate to give it While Lombardi and Horn ung were searching for causes, Card Coach Wally Lemm offered a possibility. Bay plays a solid he said. just knock the stuffing out of you.

Sure, we stopped Hornung, but we stop the rest of He admitted the Cardinal defense was The rest of them mentioned by Lemm included fullback Jim Taylor, quarterback Bart Starr ancl the Packer defense. Taylor plunged for 3 touchdowns and dented the Cardinal defense for 49 yards in 16 carries. Starr diriicted the Packers to two touchdowns in the first 10 minutes, and one his aerials went for a touchdown. The tough Packer defense contributed directly to three Green Bay touchdowns, defensive backs Willie Wood and Jessie Whittenton running back interceptions for scores. Linebacker Hay Nitschke set up a 3rd TD with another interception.

Goose hunting in Nebraska will open Oct. 1, the State Game Commission announced. The goose season was kicked ahead to Oct. 1 to give hunters in eastern Nebraska a chance at large flights through that area. This provides, the commissioners said, greatest harvest of birds to a much greater number of Hunters will be allowed two Canada geese, two sub- Air Base Kids Smiii Champs The next trial will be Sun-ipecies or one Canada and one day at Seward.

I White Fronted goose. The General Arnold emerged champions of the Lincoln Playground swimming meet recently. The winners are all military dependents from the Lincoln Air Base. Elliot playground was second. Twenty-seven schools participated.

hopes were not realized. Hutch still managed a smile as his team left for Chicago. he said of the hopes to repeat as league champions. Robinson the only hero of the big game. The 26,852 fans also spent a lot of lung power cheering pitcher Bob Purkey (19-4) and third baseman Gene Freese, who appeared in the line-up for the first time this season and tied the game with a 9th inning-single.

best hit of the EYeese said afterwards with a grin. It was also the second (or the righthander power hitter who hit 26 home runs last year, broke his ankle in spring training this year and returned to the active list only last week. Robinson reached over to tap his shoulder and say, going, In other National League games, Milwaukee slashed San Francisco, 9-4, Pittsburgh took a pair from New York, 2-0 and 6-3, and Philadelphia hit Houston, 7-1. Lining up for a new contract were Minnesota, Iowa, Purdue. Indiana.

Michigan and Michigan State. Against it were Ohio State, Wisconsin, Illinois and Northwestern. A Big 10 team had the option to play in the Rose Bowl the last two years on its own if invited. Minnesota went in losing to Washington 17-7. Last year Ohio State was invited but rejected the bid.

Minnesota again made the trip, defeating UCLA 21-3. In the game, last one played under a contract, Washington trimmed Wisconsin 44-8. Only once before in the entire series did a Big 10 team lose. Wisconsin bowed to Southern California 7-0 in 1953. The new contract is similar to the old one with the PCC.

Cancellation requires a two- year notice by either conference. conference is to send its representative The West Coast will continue to be represented by its champion. The Big 10, however, stipulates that none of its schools can appear twice in succession. The Big 10 has been averaging about $350,000 for each Rose Bowl appearance. This has been split into shares.

The school participating gets two shares, each other conference member, plus the office, gets one. Vlimv Hosts Swim Meet Annual Affair Slated Tonight The annual Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star City Championship Age Group and Senior Swimming and Diving meet will be held tonight at Muny Pool. Opening action will be diving, slated to start at 4 p.m. The swimming events start at 6 p.m. Events on the program include freestyle, breaststroke, Hits Valinv riionias tract an extension of the old one.

Terms were not disclosed. The 36-year-old Mauch is now in his 3rd season with the Phils. A onetime infielder with the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox, he took over after the 3rd game of the 1960 season when Eddie Sawyer resigned. The announcement n- day, following a conference between Mauch, general manager John Quinn and owner Bob Carpenter, came, coincidentally, as the Phils observed two noteworthy occasions. The first was their 13th straight victory against Houston without defeat.

The Phils took the first game of a scheduled doubleheader, 7-1. The second game was called when a sudden storm knocked out power at Connie Mack Stadium. The second occasion was backstroke, butterfly, individual medley, as well as the i first anniversary of diving. Age group categories for both boys and girls are: 10 and under; 11 and 12; 13 and 14; 15 and 16. Senior and entries will compete in the under 17 and over age classifications.

The competitors age as of Aug. 21 determines the age group participation. 3 New Foes For Peru the loss to Milwaukee that gave them the longest losing streak in modern major league baseball 23 games. Sporlsi SlalP Tuesday Local Auditorium, 15th M. 8:30 p.m.

Swimming City championships, Muny Pool, 6 p.m. Wednesday Scolia Holds S-H Leadership Special to The Journal Scotia maintained its 13-1 Sherman-Howard League baseball lead by scoring a make-up triumph over Loup City, 4-3. 0(M) 2 6 2 Wolbach 100 108 15 3 Jakubowski and Bonczynsld; Thayer and Rotiiw, Grmsart Loup City 3 (H) 4- 7 9 4 042 126 19 3 Ijt'wandowski, Klodikowski and Tighe: MiX'ain and Crosby St. l.ibory (H)2 3 9 Greeley 2()1 01 7 6 R. Kosmieki and Miller: Sheldon and Warner.

Paul Hornung Standings: Seolia LY WolbacD 14 Spalding 9 Ixiup City 9 Atlanta Catcher Valmy Thomas of the Atlanta Crackers International League baseball club was seriously wounded Tuesday by gunfire and his assailant killed himself, police said. The 32-year-old Thomas underwent emergency treatment at a hospital after crossing a street and collapsing with a gunshot in the chest. Lt. R. V.

Jordan of the office said Thomas apparently was wounded by Cleveland Lyons, 42. Jordan said Lyons shot himself fatally. Thomas, a native of the Virgin Islands, played earlier this season for the Jacksonville Suns. He was suspended for .30 days for allegedly hitting an umpire in Jacksonville. He has been on the disabled list with an injured finger.

Motive for the shooting was not given by police. Thomas formerly played in the major leagues and prior to that was with Albuquerque of the Western League. Ashtua 10 .333 Tfl. 1. Fct.

1 .929 Farwt'll 4 YD 8 2 .87.5 Greeley 4 11 .267 4 .692 Old 3 10 5 .043 St.Libury 2 11 .154 Figliu Peru Three new opponents have been added to the 1962 Peru State Teachers College football schedule, reports Jack Mclntire, Bobcat head coach. Peru State will open the season on Sept. 8 when it travels to Tarkio, to battle the Tarkio College Owls. The two teams have met 25 times in previous years with Peru State winning 15. while losing 9 and tying 1 Last meeting was in i942.

On Sept. 15, another new addition to the Peru State schedule, Northwest Missouri State of Maryville, will open the Bobcat home season. Peru State and Northwest Missouri have not men since 1943. In 16 games played between the two schools, each team holds seven victories and two games have ended in ties. Third new opixinent is Northern Michigan College of Marquette, who will host the Bobcats on Oct.

27. This be the first meeting in history between the two clubs. The 41st annual Homecoming on the Campus of a Thousand Oaks will be Oct. 20, with the Chadron Eagles providing the The complete schedule: Sept. 8 Tarkio, Local No events scheduled.

State Horse Downs, 3 p.m. Madison Eiilries Oakland. Mackin, Oakland, outpointed Dave (Schoolboy) 1 Brown, 156, San Francisco, 10. Mm.souii; 22 St. ol the Plains; 29 at Kearnc.v t)et 6 Chadron: 27.

at Northern MKhigaoi Nov. Wayne. Wednesday TI.ME 3 P.M. First race, purse 8500, rlaiminf. 4 and up, furlongs.

Silver Claws 110 Alcondon 117 Gala Prince 115 Gay Blue 115 Angel Breath 117 Cement Trowel 110 Bonnee Flipped 110 Kind 110 Also Vancel 115, Palspage 110, VIrgie 110, Kindeau 115. Second race, purse $500, clalminfi 4 and up. 5 furlongs. Chic Argo 103 iss 108 Rattle Bud 113 Talpalm 115 Olo's La-st 11.3 Royal Lynn 118 Vintage Vtine 113 Tomboots 113 Jones 113, Hayhook 113- Third race, purse 8500. Nebraska bred, claiming.

3 yr. old. 5 furlongs. Lucky Cow 110 Tea (Jueen 110 Rose Mint 112 Jeklyn 115 Harolds Boy 117 BuU Gal 102 Bay Wagon 115 Foxie Spy 115 Also -Edgie Boy 112 Fourth race, purse 850i, claiming, 4 and up. 5 furlongs.

Go Rocky Go 115 Rlcoroma US Pig Cat 108 Slim Jannie 113 Gay Share 108 Ccdjra Hella 118 Easy Beam 113 Epamanda US Also Bomb 113. Fifth race, purse 8300, claiming. 4 and up, 1 mile li 70 yards. Navy Grey 117 Happy Dancer 120 Royal 117 Childers 117 Missile 117 Reno Jidin 114 Doc Blue 117 Air Pine 112 Also- Fleeping Day 120. Nosey Tiger Sixth race, purse $500, claiming, 3 and up.

7 furlongs. Scot's Phil 117 Ky 112 Ardan Wood 115 Truthful U3 Mr. 114 (Juivlera 112 Red Magic 120 Pee Ww U4 Red Ember 117. Uttle Phil 113, Lucky Gay 110, Berliner 110. Seventh race, purse claimtag, I and up.

Sam Hill 121 Mr 112 Picco 119 Jayay 112 Better Arm 117 Miss Helen Ann 109 Slow But Sure 117 F.ighth raye. purse 4 and up. I mile li 79 yards, Scotty Korean Orphan 112 Beulah Lee 112 Paddy Rinw 112 Big Beaver 114 Brown Seal 112 Doll Up Its Just My Son 115 YItfr-Oordoo Pride U7, StoM GMtel U4..

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